From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "weber" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Keep-only-column Date: 8 Feb 2007 11:46:53 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1170964013.669678.316200@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> References: <1170962128.311804.182850@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com> <1170962615.632938.25870@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170967371 5425 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2007 20:42:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:42:51 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 08 21:42:48 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HFG6O-0001rq-JO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:42:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFG6O-0005Iq-1e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:42:44 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 200.213.54.31 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1170964033 7591 127.0.0.1 (8 Feb 2007 19:47:13 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:47:13 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pt-BR; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 fw.datacom-telematica.com.br:3128 (squid/2.5.STABLE6) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=200.213.54.31; posting-account=pG57fA0AAADtQ-4h1MyvjXjZpSNZC0zj Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:145372 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40978 Archived-At: On 8 fev, 16:43, Joost Kremers wrote: > weber wrote: > > I think the format of "stuff" can't be understood from above :) Here > > it is: > > > variable BLABLA = 438438 > > variable LABLAC = 312 > > variable DAUSH = 43538 > > > Apply to that region: keep-only-column 2 makes it: > > BLABLA > > LABLAC > > DAUSHD > > if the columns are (more or less) nicely lined up, you can use > kill-rectangle to kill a rectangle defined by point and mark, which is > bound to `C-x r k'. you'll have to apply it twice. do `C-h a rectangle RET' > to see some more useful command that can be applied to rectangles. > > -- > Joost Kremers joostkrem...@yahoo.com > Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht > EN:SiS(9) Yes, that is one simple way which I use a lot, but this keep-column command would be better for using with the keyboard :) Cheers weber